Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '19 at 04:50
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	69%

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6500-$67 241,476 User benchmarks, average bench 64% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 172 66% 113 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 370 46% 353 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 98.4 Reflection 107 Parallax 100 80% 102 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 91.5 Splatting 93 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS960GD0MEE-5410A 960GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 157% 562GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40032A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 520 635 676 668 606 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 650 Write 661 Mixed 600 SusWrite 585 141% 624 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 82.6 4K Mixed 40 137% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 606 DQ Mixed 630 477% 641 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 177%
Adata SX6000LNP 512GB 11,097 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 322GB free Firmware: V9001c00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 618 762 822 814 754 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,656 Write 898 Mixed 780 SusWrite 708 224% 1,010 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 27.4 145% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 369 311% 437 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 259%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 206GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 164 142 158 141 143 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 390 Write 178 Mixed 276 SusWrite 155 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 77.9 4K Mixed 35.5 128% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 156 140% 213 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 91%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 93GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 511 440 428 450 380 290 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 869 Write 782 Mixed 825 SusWrite 416 162% 723 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 46.1 162% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 902 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 796 594% 794 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 170%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 733GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 116 115 118 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 101 Write 129 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 117 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.7 185% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 71%
WL1000GLSA1654S 1TB 74 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 145GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 72 73 73 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 65 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 71.5 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 61%
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB 4,004 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 311GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 84 84 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 86 Write 67 Mixed 52 SusWrite 82.8 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G4D32AESCK.M8FE 2x8GB 4,372 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.8% Very good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 22.2 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 114%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX FORMULA - $378

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	1,156x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	177x
Core i7-7700k VHIntelBench 84%, 9,708 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	339x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	233x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	91x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	67x
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	62x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	57x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBCorsairBench 93%, 89,024 samples	81x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	56x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	52x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,213

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16